Having Fallen 40% Year to Date, Vulcan Materials Surges After 3Q Results Show Recovery Still Ongoing
Vulcan shares had dropped nearly 40% year to date leading into the company's third-quarter earnings release. However, we’ve argued that Vulcan’s steep share price decline has been unwarranted. On Oct. 30, the company reported third-quarter earnings that reflected favorable conditions. With a slowdown of U.S. construction activity nowhere in sight, shares have risen more than 17% as we write.On a same-store basis, Vulcan saw its third-quarter daily shipping rate rise 6% and prices rise 3% (after...
Vulcan Materials is a supplier of construction aggregates and a producer of asphalt mix and ready-mixed concrete. The company has four segments: Aggregates, which produces and sells aggregates (crushed stone, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates) and related products and services; Asphalt, which produces and sells asphalt mix in Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee and Texas, and includes asphalt construction paving in Alabama, Tennessee and Texas; Concrete, which produces and sells ready-mixed concrete; and Calcium, which consists of a Florida facility that mines, produces and sells calcium products.
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